Phyllis C. Grant

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Born July 29, 1928, a daughter of the late William and Katherine Cooper, she was a retired elementary education teacher in the Beaver Area School District. She a member of Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, Rochester, where she attended the church Senior fellowship meetings. She was a graduate of Beaver Area High School in 1946 and received her BS degree with honors in elementary education from the University of Pittsburgh. The following year she moved to Brazil and then came back to teach at Beaver Area School District until retirement. She was a volunteer with the Beaver Library, and a member of the Beaver Heritage Association. She traveled extensively to many countries with her sister and brother-in-law. She supported various animal humane shelters. She enjoyed golfing in her later years. She was a member of the Beaver Area Education Association, the Pennsylvania Education Association and National Education Association. She was a member of the Delta Kappa Gamma Honorary Sorority and the Beaver Jr. Women's Club. She enjoyed the outdoors and spending time with her husband and friends at their camp over the many past years.

She was preceded in death by her husband, John A. Grant Jr., in 1990; and a sister, Judy Liepman.